Social Work Practices: Contemporary Perspectives on Change

Karen Healy profoundly challenges, in the context of the postmodernity of late capitalism, many of the assumptions upon which the critical tradition in social work has been founded. This is a book which interrogates not only the emancipatory metanarratives of left perspectives from her position within the left, but also questions many of the received ideas about her professional power and identity, and about the kinds of social work practices necessary in order to continue to pursue welfare as an emancipatory project under transformed ideological and material circumstances. This is a most significant contribution to the debates which confront social work, worldwide, at the present time.′ - Peter Leonard, McGill University, Canada

Author: Karen Healy
Publisher: Sage Publications UK
Published: 09/05/2000
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.16w x 0.41d
ISBN: 9780761962724

About the Author
Healy, Karen: - Professor Karen Healy is a social work educator and researcher based at The University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia. She has written five books in the field of social work including works on theory for practice and social work methods and skills. Professor Healy has also written numerous journal articles in a broad range of social work and social policy topics including: professional practice; international comparison of child welfare systems; workforce issues and professional recognition. Professor Healy conducts professional writing workshops with social workers and is involved in research and evaluation of social work practice and social policies.

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